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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator of "The Diary" spend her Thanksgiving?

2. Who prances into Clarence's office in "Be My Valentine"?

3. What does the narrator leave on her "boyfriend's" car window in "The Seduction"?

4. What is the result of the narrator and the piano player's encounter in "Harlem Blues"?

5. What does Zane's disclaimer say in the Acknowledgments?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Amber's living situation in "Wrong Number"?

2. How does "Be My Valentine" end?

3. What does the couple do in "First Night"?

4. What does the narrator come to realize in "The Diary"?

5. Why does SHE leave the boy in the library in "Nervous"?

6. Describe the setting of "The Diary".

7. Describe the narrator in "Lust in a Bust Depot".

8. In "The Seduction" where does the narrator seduce her boyfriend into going and how?

9. How does "The Airport" end?

10. Describe how Yardley and Clarence meet in "Be My Valentine".

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and explain how the content of "The Valley of the Freaks" parallels the content of "The Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth" in that both increase their sexually inappropriate content.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and explain how "The Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth" advocates a sexual revolution and Zane's idea that "if we can free our bodies, then we can free our minds".

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and explain the role of homosexual sexuality in heterosexual relationships by analyzing "The Airport" and "Wanna Watch?".

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